Aggies open ’13 SEC slate at home against Alabama

UPDATE: A&M immediately followed the release of the SEC slate of games with its nonconference contests, all at home. The Aggies will take on Rice on Aug. 31, Sam Houston State on Sept. 7, SMU on Sept. 21 and New Mexico on Nov. 16.
The Aggies’ Saturdays off are Oct. 5 and Nov. 2.

COLLEGE STATION – The Southeastern Conference released its 2013 football schedule today for conference games only, and the Aggies will start with a whopper: Against national champion Alabama at Kyle Field on Sept. 14.

The Aggies round out their September SEC slate at Arkansas on Sept. 28. A&M picks back up league play on Oct. 12 in a return trip to Ole Miss, and rounds out that month with home games against Auburn (Oct. 19) and Vanderbilt (Oct. 26).

On Nov. 9 A&M plays its third straight home SEC game by welcoming Mississippi State, and the Aggies round out November with road games at LSU (Nov. 23) and Missouri (Nov. 30).

The game against the Rebels is the only one played in the same venue as this season. The Aggies defeated Ole Miss 30-27 on Oct. 6 in Oxford, Miss. The Aggies played Florida from the East Division this year (a 20-17 Gators victory), and will take on Vanderbilt from the East for the first time as an SEC foe next season.

The Crimson Tide last played at Kyle Field in 1988, a 30-10 Alabama victory in Jackie Sherrill’s last season with the Aggies.